So This Is It

It occurred to me today that this is it. This is the way my life will be. Today was the day...that it all sank in. We had company nearly every day the first week, and spent two of those days in the pediatric wing of the hospital, even the second week wasn't typical. Josh went back to work, but my Mom was here a couple of days, we had our first doctor's appointment, and my grandparents visited, too. And for the entire first two weeks, until last Friday night, church friends brought us dinner EVERY NIGHT. So we were guaranteed company (and a meal) every evening even if nothing else was going on. It was such a blessing- we're truly grateful!! But now we are on our own for meals. Mom came yesterday again and helped me clean house (which feels fabulous!), but today it was just me and Frazier and Gatsby. And today seemed like a precedent- for many more days to come. We ate and and slept and I changed a bunch of diapers and did a load of laundry and washed some dishes and fit in lunch and a bath while he was sleeping. And now Josh is home, but napping. And Frazier is fussy. And tomorrow we'll get up and do it all over again.
Frazier was awake yesterday afternoon/evening for, like, seven hours in a row (and insisted on eating every two hours during that time) and I have to admit...I was about out of ideas. Fortunately, he wasn't fussy the whole time- I just wasn't sure what to do with him. I sang, I read, I put him in his swing, we got out every toy labeled 0+ months...and finally ended up on the wiggle-worm activity mat (for the first time) and it was a big hit. I also used some bright links to rig up a new mobile as the one attached to his pack-and-play (which we use as a bassinet and in which he spends a lot of time) is too high for him to see...and just had three boring tan dogs on it. I'd been disappointed in the mobile from the get go, and Mom suggested I hang something else from it that he could actually see and interact with. So now there are three toys (including a mirror and a frog that ribbits) dangling within his focusing range.I took a close up because this is one of my favorite sleepers. Because it's the Very Hungry Caterpillar...and because it says "but he was still hungry"...and that's so perfect for my little bottomless pit. :)Not sure what this face is...with the puckered lips...but we get it all the time.

I fear the being awake for hours in the evening may be a trend, because as aforementioned he's up and fussy right now- wiggle worm playmat, here we come...but I suppose for now it's okay. He sleeps between feedings and diaper changes pretty much all day. He eats every three to four hours daily and every four to five hours at night. Pretty darn easy, really. I have no complaints.

Off to feed my fussbudget-

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